The Filipinos started the fight more convincingly, who were superior in the first quarter with 23:16, but in the continuation the home team took the initiative. Poles started the last ten minutes with a nine-point breakthrough, reaching 67:56. At the end of the game, the Filipinos got closer from 72:82 to 80:82.
The Philippine team was not saved by the 30 points of the American Justin Brownlee, as well as the 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists of Dwight Ramos, another basketball player born in the USA.
Michal Sokolowski had 21 points and five assists for the Poles.
The Philippines will play in Riga in the same group as Latvia and Georgia. The Filipinos will compete against the Latvians on Wednesday.
The Polish team will play against the Bahamas and Finland in Valencia. Spain, Angola and Lebanon are drawn in the second group there.
:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/RNJZHEI55VH7FJ57KL7IUIZ6YU.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1)